TO WHICH IS PREFIXED THE IDEAL WORLD
By Edward Bulwer Lytton (Lord Lytton)
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION.
PREFACE.
THE IDEAL WORLD
THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE
CHAPTER I. IN WHICH THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO QUEEN NYMPHALIN.
CHAPTER II. THE LOVERS.
CHAPTER III. FEELINGS.
CHAPTER IV. THE MAID OF MALINES.
CHAPTER V. ROTTERDAM. THE CHARACTER OF THE DUTCH. THEIR RESEMBLANCE TO
CHAPTER VI. GORCUM. THE TOUR OF THE VIRTUES: A PHILOSOPHER'S TALE.
CHAPTER VII. COLOGNE. THE TRACES OF THE ROMAN YOKE. THE CHURCH OF ST.
CHAPTER VIII. THE SOUL IN PURGATORY; OR LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH.
CHAPTER IX. THE SCENERY OF THE RHINE ANALOGOUS TO THE GERMAN LITERARY
CHAPTER X. THE LEGEND OF ROLAND. THE ADVENTURES OF NYMPHALIN ON THE
CHAPTER XI. WHEREIN THE READER IS MADE SPECTATOR WITH THE ENGLISH
CHAPTER XII. THE WOOING OF MASTER FOX.*
CHAPTER XIII. THE TOMB OF A FATHER OF MANY CHILDREN.
CHAPTER XIV. THE FAIRY'S CAVE, AND THE FAIRY'S WISH. IT was
CHAPTER XV. THE BANKS OF THE RHINE. FROM THE DRACHENFELS TO BROHL. AN
CHAPTER XVI. GERTRUDE. THE EXCURSION TO HAMMERSTEIN. THOUGHTS.
CHAPTER XVII. LETTER FROM TREVYLYAN TO -.
CHAPTER XVIII. COBLENTZ. EXCURSION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF TAUNUS; ROMAN
CHAPTER XIX. THE FALLEN STAR; OR THE HISTORY OF A FALSE RELIGION.
CHAPTER XX. GLENHAUSEN. THE POWER OF LOVE IN SANCTIFIED PLACES. A
CHAPTER XXI. VIEW OF EHRENBREITSTEIN. A NEW ALARM IN GERTRUDE'S
CHAPTER XXII. THE DOUBLE LIFE. TREVYLYAN'S FATE. SORROW THE PARENT OF
CHAPTER XXIII. THE LIFE OF DREAMS.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE BROTHERS.
CHAPTER XXV. THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. A COMMON INCIDENT NOT BEFORE
CHAPTER XXVI. IN WHICH THE READER WILL LEARN HOW THE FAIRIES WERE
CHAPTER XXVII. THURMBERG. A STORM UPON THE RHINE. THE RUINS OF
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE VOYAGE TO BINGEN. THE SIMPLE INCIDENTS IN THIS TALE
CHAPTER XXIX. ELLFELD. MAYENCE. HEIDELBERG. A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
CHAPTER XXX. NO PART OF THE EARTH REALLY SOLITARY. THE SONG OF THE
CHAPTER XXXI. GERTRUDE AND TREVYLYAN, WHEN THE FORMER IS AWAKENED TO THE
CHAPTER XXXII. A SPOT TO BE BURIED IN.
CHAPTER THE LAST. THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TALE.
